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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2394

Prisoner or War Mail
Taiwan
Outgoing Mail
Undated: Stampless envelope from Colonel John Vance to Maryland stamped "Service Des/Prisonniers De Guerre" in purple, Taiwan Prisoner of War censor handstamp in rose-red and large boxed Prisoner of War Post in carmine-red, U.S. censor handstamp and tape and pencil "Dec 5 1944" (the receipt date); the reverse with German censor tape and handstamp. A fine and unusual cover travelling through Germany. Tett fig. 5-6-7. Also 1943 (7 Apr.) envelope and card to Elizabeth Vance in Maryland, sent from South Africa and with printed Messages and Greetings. Prisoners of War card with broadcast message from Col. John Vance which had been picked up E.H. Stephan in Capetown. Scarce. Tett fig. 5-3-3. Photo

Sold for
HK$2,600